Before using low-contrast colors on a website, especially for text, take a moment to remember all the reasons why they degrade usability. Then consider the reasons that prompted your site’s low-contrast design choices in the first place. Finally, look for alternatives that help you achieve those initial design goals without harming the user experience. Source: Low-Contrast Text Is Not the …

NoPSD is a movement to integrate design activities into the iterative feedback cycles required to build great software. The name aims to dislodge the PSD as the final canonical design artifact rather than taking a dig at the Adobe software. Instead of signing off on a pixel-perfect design specification at the start of a project, teams are urged to embrace …

Form Layouts When the time to complete a form needs to be minimized and the data being collected is mostly familiar to users (for instance, entering a name, address, and payment information in a check-out flow), a vertical alignment of labels and input fields is likely to work best. Each label and input field is grouped by vertical proximity and …